Top news developments in Karnataka on March 23, 2023
The Hindu
Top news developments in Karnataka on March 23, 2023
1. Congress was expected to release its first list of candidates for the Assembly elections on Ugadi on March 23. While that did not materialise, some developments on this front are expected today. There is much curiosity around what constituency Leader of Opposition and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will pick.
2. Visits of BJP national leaders to Karnataka ahead of elections continue. Rajya Sabha Member and BJP national spokesperson Dr. Sudhanshu Trivedi is in Bengaluru today. Arun Singh, Karnataka in-charge, is also landing here for a two-day visit. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be here on March 25.
3. Charukeerthi Bhattaraka swamy of Jain mutt at Shravanabelagola, a popular Jain pilgrimage centre, is no more. The 73-year-old pontiff breathed his last this morning.
4. The 14th Bengaluru International Film Festival gets going today. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will inaugurate, Union Ministers Nirmala Sitaraman and M. Rajeev Chandrashekhar will participate in the event in front of Vidhana Soudha, East Entrance, from 4.30 p.m. onwards.
5. The Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services is organizing a cow adoption programme under Punyakoti scheme. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will inaugurate the programme at Karnataka Veterinary Council premises, Hebbal, at 12 noon.
6. The Department of Electronics, Information Technology, Bio Technology and Science and Technology is organising State award presentation ceremony at J.N. Tata Auditorium, IISc. premises, Malleswaram, from 4 p.m. onwards.
7. Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Samata Vidyalaya, Bengaluru, and Bharata Yatra Kendra, Bengaluru, are jointly organizing a book release and award presentation programme. ‘Lohia Through Letters’, written by Prof. Roma Mitra, will be released by the Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Legislative Assembly Siddaramaiah at Gandhi Bhavan, Kumarakrupa Road, at 4.30 p.m.
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